Too Funny ....

[LoveLife&Laughter]

A move to embarrass Democrats backfired on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday as the Kentucky Republican proposed a vote on raising the nation's debt ceiling -- then filibustered it when the Democrats tried to take him up on the offer.

On Thursday morning McConnell had made a motion for the vote on legislation that would let the president extend the country's borrowing limit on his own. Congress would then have the option to disapprove such hikes, in a fashion similar to one that McConnell first suggested during last year's standoff over the debt ceiling.

The minority leader apparently did not think Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) would take him up on his offer, which would have allowed McConnell to portray President Barack Obama's desire for such authority as something even Democrats opposed.

Reid objected at first, but told McConnell he thought it might be a good idea. After Senate staff reviewed the proposal, Reid came back to the floor and proposed a straight up-or-down vote on the idea.

McConnell was forced to say no.

"What we're talking about here is a perpetual debt ceiling grant, in effect, to the president, " McConnell said. "Matters of this level of controversy always require 60 votes."

Sixty votes are required to end a filibuster during debate on a bill and hold a vote.

Democrats immediately seized on McConnell's reversal, noting it was the sort of obstruction that they think warrants changes to the rules on filibusters.

"What we have here is a case of the Republicans here in the Senate once again not taking yes for an answer," Reid said. "This morning the Republican leader asked consent to have a vote on his proposal. Just now I told everyone we're willing to have that vote, an up-or-down vote, and now the Republican leader objects to his own idea, leaving Mitch McConnell to filibuster his own bill.

How much are we paying this guy to represent us?

[grammyk]

LOLOLOL!!  Just don't know quite where to even start commenting on this one...

[Lifesighs]

I do not respect Mitch McConnell, he's so much about his party and not about representing the people.

[The Dyslexic Dodger]

I saw the film clip on this bit of failobstructing..it was actualy very funny to watch. Every time they fail at obstructing progress they look like exactly who they are.

[grammyk]

Isn't that the truth?!  I liked Claire McCaskill's comment.

[LoveLife&Laughter]

"WHIPLASH!"

[ProblemAgain]

sort of appropriate to remember maya angelou's remark: "when people show you who they are, believe them the first time"

[The Dyslexic Dodger]

ahhh I do believe maya is one of uor greatest national traesures. Briliant,dynamic,funny... humbleing

 *Spagetti Thuoght- I wonder if Dr. Angelou reeds or spaeks on TED TALKS?  hummm.

 

I did liston to a talk that Bill Clinton made the other nite that I fuond quite beautiful on TED TALKS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_T9Un5hWAg 

 

* A spagetti thuoght is a thuoght that winds aruond in the backgruond of seemingly unrelated thuoghts. But it IS related if yuo (or I in this case) follow the spagetti thuoght far enuogh.

nevermind.

[LoveLife&Laughter]

Us meatballs think so...

[ProblemAgain]

i can understand that...sometimes with all the stuff going on in our faces, we forget to look for the interrelated patterns...kind of like gee when wages and hours are cut, welfare costs go up...